Comments on: NHLPA: “The players are willing to continue to negotiate” http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 21:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hockeydon10 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100640 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:03:41 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100640 Twelve.

Twelve teams have a positive operation income.

The top 10 of those 12 teams contribute to a fund that the bottom 15 teams may draw from, if they meet a few stipulations — must have attendance average 14k+, must have fewer than 2.5M television homes in their area. These bottom 15 teams were eligible for around $10M if they needed it. This means that roughly five of the bottom teams did not qualify, while one (Columbus) has financial losses greater than the amount they were eligible for.

This doesn’t mean those teams made money, but rather that what would have been losses were offset by this shared fund.

It’s all right there in the current CBA.

]]> By: hockeydon10 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100638 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:57:45 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100638 That’s why they proposed that the amount of reduction in salary cap they would suffer would instead be used to prop up the most teams that are weakest financially. You know the revenue sharing they had in their initial proposal? That’s what it does. It reduces player’s share of HRR, and gives [a portion of] it to the weakest teams.

Are there problems with the PA’s initial proposal? Yes. That’s why negotiations take place. Shoot for the moon then compromise. Like that 4th year the PA included to go back to the current system. That was a big piece they could throw out during negotiations.

]]> By: hockeyflow33 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100632 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:39:43 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100632 There’s also 53 players on the roster and 7 practice squad guys compared to 20 on an NHL roster

]]> By: dhillca http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100621 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:47:21 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100621 Let lockout happen.
Players make too much in the NHL.
This isn’t the billion dollar NFl folks, only a few team in NHl make money

]]> By: windmiller4 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100593 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:37:04 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100593 Not if the owners get the salary rollbacks they proposed. If that were to happen players will end up losing the money that should be rightfully theirs. The owners gave out too many big contracts and are using the new cba as a way to get out of it. So yes the players are taking a risk

]]> By: sampulls http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100588 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:13:02 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100588 Players need to realize they are talking no risk…their salaries are paid no matter how much their club loses.

]]> By: windmiller4 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/04/nhlpa-the-players-are-willing-to-continue-to-negotiate/comment-page-1/#comment-100582 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 02:49:57 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=847487#comment-100582 #FanStrike2012! Theres no way the league will get anything out of me!

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